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- ↑ "What Consumer: Consumer Rights Television Programmes". Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
- ↑ Sample BBC schedule, with daily broadcasts.
- ↑ "BBC eyes daytime slot revamps as Dom gets axe | Page 478451". 11 September 2015.
